Bundesgerichtshof
Date of establishment: October 1st, 1950
Address and e-mail of the court:
Herrenstraße 45 a,
76133 Karlsruhe
Website:
http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/EN/Home/home_node.html
National database of their case law:
www.bundesgerichtshof.de/DE/Entscheidungen/EntscheidungenBGH/entscheidungenBGH_node.html
The Supreme Court is the highest Court of general, i.e. civil and criminal, jurisdiction
What does the court decide about:
Mainly: Appeals on points of law (so called “Revision”);
also see description on the own website of the Bundesgerichtshof
(English: http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/EN/Home/home_node.html - “The Federal Court of Justice;
German: http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/DE/Service/service_node.html - Broschüre)
The principals of procedure:
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The number of justices and panels:
134 Federal Judges (including 17 Presiding Judges and the President)
12 Civil Panels, 5 Criminal Panels
How are the justices appointed:
The judges of the Federal Court of Justice are elected by the Judges Election Committee and appointed by the Federal President